Vanguard Arts Collective

Vanguard Arts Collective

Vanguard Arts Collective illuminates current stories through the dark and comedic. We spotlight the work of living artists (and welcome our audiences to get a little lit themselves). By exploring the bounds of technical design, sparking conversation is in our circuitry.

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  • THE ONE ABOUT THE HAMSTER (co-written with Hugh Brinkley) by Rachael Carnes
    2 Jul. 2020
    “ THE ONE ABOUT THE HAMSTER was selected as a semifinalist for our IMPOSSIBLE FEST 2020.

    This whirlwind of a script will keep audiences howling. It's got just about everything you could ask for in a script - existential crises, characters that alternate between highly relatable and off-the-wall, and a hamster. Half the fun of the play is trying to keep up with Gary, and the other half is just strapping in and holding on while he takes you on a roller coaster.

    With exciting technical challenges galore, this play is certain to entertain audiences of all ages.
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  • SH*T TRAIN by Rachael Carnes
    27 Jun. 2020
    “ SH*T TRAIN was a semifinalist for our IMPOSSIBLE FEST 2020.

    Laser-fast paced and biting, SH*T TRAIN will send your head spinning with its quick and stunning assessment of the working world. You'll not know whether to laugh or scream the whole way through, and the dialogue is almost Pinteresque - you'd call it absurd if it didn't ring so true.

    With several moments of impossibility to mine, SH*T TRAIN will provide any company an exciting and hilarious production. ”
  • Big Black Giraffe by DC Cathro
    27 Jun. 2020
    “ BIG BLACK GIRAFFE was selected as a semifinalist for our IMPOSSIBLE FEST 2020.

    In just a few short minutes, BIG BLACK GIRAFFE takes its audience on a whirlwind of a journey. As one person prepares for the end of the world, he has to contend with his partner who simply won't believe it until she sees it - and boy does she ever see it.

    With a call for a big black giraffe (and we mean BIG), along with other impossibilities, BIG BLACK GIRAFFE provides ample opportunity for a huge spectacle of a show. ”
  • Fittest by Lee R. Lawing
    27 Jun. 2020
    “ FITTEST was selected as a semi-finalist for our IMPOSSIBLE FEST 2020.

    An absurd and sprightly romp through the sometimes-terrifying world of digital apps, FITTEST skewers our time's obsession with get-fit competition. The characters seem to leap off the page with their convictions and drive. This play is the sort that leaves you baffled and delighted at every line - and leaves you wanting to hear the next thing.

    Written with some fantastically impossible directions - including the uploading of a human consciousness?! - FITTEST will give any theatre a wonderful, thrilling challenge to produce. ”
  • Unbelievable by DC Cathro
    20 May. 2020
    “ UNBELIEVABLE was selected as a semifinalist for our Impossible Fest 2020.

    Set at the outbreak of some sort of apocalypse, UNBELIEVABLE is a slice of life portrait of life before everything changes. With the perfect amount of information vs. mystery, Cathro draws us into a world that could easily be our own, balancing the scary with the relatable.

    With a plethora of technical challenges that offer a variety of exciting possibilities (zombie tigers, anyone?), UNBELIEVABLE is a captivating look at how people might deal with the unthinkable - and offers that glimmer of hope we look for. ”
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